A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

It seems that the mechanical people here have great faith in their mechanical leader, Val, who protects them. They know very little about the outside world, but also have varying degrees of desire to explore, like a group of frogs trapped at the bottom of a well looking up at the sky.

Reducing contact with the outside world was Vaal's requirement because most of these machine races lacked the power to protect themselves and were difficult to recover from once damaged, making it dangerous for them to go out.

The square walls surrounding the town were like an insurmountable barrier, separating the inside from the outside into two worlds, yet constantly tempting these mechanical people to step outside.

After listening to Kira's story, the android girl who was the first to come to Kira's side said, "You're quite young for a human, aren't you? To have the courage to travel the world for your dreams is truly admirable!"

Kira had heard plenty of such praise; the children at the Magnolia orphanage often raved about him. Kira never tired of it, and was immediately beaming with delight at the android girl's compliments: "Hahaha...you can go out too! I didn't see any 'No Entry' signs when I entered the town!"

The girl shook her head, saying regretfully, "But the mayor said the outside world is dangerous. Someone will capture us for research and enslave us. It will be very difficult for us to survive outside..."

Is this for real? Someone actually dared to capture a member of the Twelve Shields clan?

“Mayor? Is that Lord Val?” Kira asked. “Also, I remember that the laws of the Alvarez Empire are relatively strict, so there shouldn’t be many bad people…”

"Lord Val is not the mayor, but the one who protects this town!"

The girl stuck out her red tongue with a mechanical feel, stiffly closed one of her eyes which looked like a gate, and tried her best to act cute and human: "Actually, it's better not to go out like this. If we go out, we won't have anything to eat..."

Stop pretending to be cute! I think you... no, I mean your whole group, are probably not suited to pretending to be cute at all!

I was wrong. The mechanical race in this world is quite different from the robots of Eden Starfield! At least Pino and Harpy (the ones in Eden) aren't as cringeworthy as you when they try to be cute!

and many more!

Kira suddenly noticed something important: "Don't you guys not need to eat?"

"It's not that we don't need to eat, it's just that our food is different from what humans need! Our food is a special kind of energy, which is only available in this town and is hard to find elsewhere."

“Every so often, we need to perform a series of maintenance tasks such as recharging and oiling, which is analogous to eating for humans!”

"If we don't recharge for too long, our bodies will stop functioning; if we don't lubricate for too long, our bodies will become less efficient... Our daily lives are all about keeping our bodies busy maintaining their functions."

Wow, that definitely has Mashima's style!

After a short while, the mechanical people surrounding them gradually dispersed, and Kira continued to inquire about news of Silver.

"They sent their location to call us over, but then they disappeared somewhere! How irresponsible! How can there be such a rotten robot in this world?!"

After asking around on two or three streets, Kira finally accepted that 'Silver didn't leave a bad name here to frame him.'

Forget about infamy, that guy didn't even leave a name behind!

"So what has that guy been doing for the past month?! How did he manage to become so obscure that nobody recognizes him?!"

Chapter 540 The Sudden Attack

Kira was confused.

We agreed to all come and fight monsters together, and we even booked the two strongest members of our team. But a month has passed, and the reinforcements we invited haven't even caused the slightest trouble. Isn't that incredibly pathetic?!

"That Silver, has he lost his mind, or is his brain wired wrong? This performance is really a betrayal of my trust in him!"

Mechanical Town truly lives up to its reputation as a place where mechanical beings live. Everything you see—dolls, animals, clothes, weapons, daily necessities, buildings—is related to machinery in some way or another.

It's worth mentioning that Kira also saw a bicycle-like mode of transportation, which made him feel completely out of touch with the world.

The mechanical race hates rainy days because the rain will soak their metallic bodies and even enter their bodies, causing damage to their 'organs'.

Fortunately, it was a sunny day. Kira strolled along the dry and clean street, feeling the peaceful sunlight on his body. Suddenly, a strong smell of motor oil wafted into the air. Kira looked in the direction of the smell and found a beverage shop with a 'motor oil' sign.

Using engine oil as a beverage...is that really a local specialty?

Looking at the sign in front of him, and at the machine race sitting in the store drinking machine oil like it was juice with a satisfied smile on their faces, Kira remained silent for several seconds before muttering a light complaint and continuing to walk forward.

In any world imbued with magic, technological advancements are bound to be hampered.

This phenomenon is particularly evident in the Alvarez Empire, where almost the entire population practices magic and all imperial soldiers are mages. It is so obvious that every outsider who sets foot on Alvarez's territory can feel the difference in lifestyle between the Western Continent and other continents.

These differences are subtle, but they cover a wide range and cannot be erased. For example, some chefs use cooking magic instead of seasonings to cook, and some use sound magic instead of pens to write. Such behaviors are scattered throughout the lives of the people and have formed a deep-rooted and unique culture in this empire.

This culture is invisible and intangible, but the people who live here can clearly feel it.

Interestingly, this obstacle did not cause any trouble for the inhabitants of the empire. On the contrary, precisely because magic developed better, their lives were more convenient than in many kingdoms of Ishgar. Even the Kingdom of Fiore, a magic kingdom where mages made up a large proportion of the population, could hardly compare.

During his time on the Western Continent, Kira clearly realized the average level of magic per capita in the towns of the Alvarez Empire, which could be described in another word: tough! If one more word were to be added, it would be both high and tough!

But he also recognized its technological level, which he described in one word: terrible!

But now, the mechanical town before him has shattered Kira's original expectations.

The technological level here is significantly higher than that of other towns in the Alvarez Empire. Even if you include all the countries of Ishgar and Giltina, there are very few that can compare to this place.

"With its advanced magic and technology, the Alvarez Empire's overall national strength is far greater than depicted in the comics!"

This is Kira's current assessment of the Alvarez Empire.

Because the 730 mages from the magic guilds were under the unified management of the Empire, magic in this country was effectively disseminated and practiced, which was in some ways equivalent to the compulsory education Kira received in his previous life.

The empire established by Zeref has a history of at least a hundred years. Passed down through generations, it has completely transformed the descendants of those ordinary people who did not have the talent to learn magic.

Nowadays, most people in the Alvarez Empire have some talent for magic. Even the vegetable vendors you meet on the roadside have some basic ripening magic to shorten the ripening time of vegetables.

"Fortunately, magic has become widespread, but technology hasn't!"

Just as Kira was taking a step and looking into the distance, several figures walked over from across the street.

He was physically strong, had unfriendly eyes, a fierce look on his face, and an overall menacing appearance.

"Looks like they're coming for me? No... that can't be! I don't know them!! I'll try to avoid them... Huh? They're coming! They're coming from a different direction!! Could it be someone behind me? There really is someone! I knew they weren't coming..."

"Wait a minute! What's going on? Why do these people behind me look so fierce? And they all look exactly the same??"

"Ah, I get it! They must have planned to fight here, but I just happened to be in the middle of them! Hmm... let's leave through the side path!"

"Hey hey hey... why didn't they fight? Instead, they've joined together and caught up with us? What's going on?"

Kira retreated to the wall by the roadside, watching helplessly as a group of silver-white standard robots surrounded him.

These robots are all nearly two meters tall, with chestnut heads, silver masks on their faces, eight-pack abs made of steel for their upper bodies, and what appear to be apricot-yellow shorts for their lower bodies, though they are actually made of steel as well. Their gloves cover their elbows, revealing their muscular biceps. Judging from their appearance alone, they are even more imposing than Elfman.

The icy temperature and the merciless gaze were enough to send chills down one's spine.

"Such a physique... those wealthy and powerful but sexually unsatisfied middle-aged women would definitely like it!"

The robot soldiers certainly couldn't understand Kira's rant; they only received one order—kill this guy!

Whoosh-!

A dozen or so robotic soldiers pounced at the same time, their movements so synchronized that there was only one sound. If Kira hadn't seen it with his own eyes and been able to distinguish the sounds of air being cut from all directions, he would have almost thought that the opponent was just one person.

Bang! ! !

A dozen fists slammed down simultaneously, creating a large crater where Kira had been standing. The floor, unable to withstand the force, cracked out along the crater.

"Wow! That's some serious strength?!"

Kira's voice came from the sky. Just before his fist landed, he pushed off the ground with both feet and leaped into the air at a speed that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye. He used wind magic to stay in the air and was now looking at the machine soldiers below with great interest.

Seeing that their first attack missed, the machine soldiers immediately changed direction, raised their heads to lock onto their target, and one of them also jumped up and crashed into Kira's direction!

Its movements were seamless and without any waste, just like a robot implanted with a death order, whose sole purpose was to obey orders—to fight the person in front of it, and then defeat him, or be defeated by him!

Bang! ! !

An incredibly powerful force pressed down, and the robot that had jumped towards Kira was once again slammed back to the ground, creating a large, human-shaped crater that sank several feet into the earth.

The gravity magic emanating from Kira relentlessly crushed the steel body of the machine soldier, producing a crackling sound as metal shattered. The tiny metal fragments that burst out were crushed into grayish-white metal powder by the gravity, then firmly embedded in the ground, not even worthy of being blown away by the wind.

In a mere instant, the mechanical soldier transformed from a burly man into fragmented metal blocks, then into a pile of fine powder, much like a superhero snapped in the fingers—his death was incredibly hasty and gruesome. Not even a crackling electrical hum of mechanical malfunction was heard.

This commotion naturally caused a huge disturbance, and the mechanical race members who were originally on the street fled to avoid being drawn into the battle.

"what happened?!"

"That person was one of the humans from before? Why was he fighting with these soldiers? Wait! They look like Lord Val's..."

"Forget about it, just run!!"

It turns out that Val may be the strongest among these machine races, but not the leader! It's like the race of the Beyonders, where the strongest may be Lili, but the leader is Queen Charlotte.

Therefore, although these people recognized Val's mechanical soldiers, they did not treat Kira as an enemy and think about intervening. Instead, they were concerned with running away and ensuring their own safety.

Kira was relieved. Since this wasn't Waal's kingdom, he no longer needed to worry about fighting those defenseless machine races. After all, he was a kind person who couldn't bear to lay a hand on children!

*Snap! Crack!*

With several crisp sounds, another one of the remaining machine soldiers on the ground changed.

It began to emit a special magic, forming an invisible force field around itself, which completely neutralized the gravity magic released by Kira.

Then, the machine soldier raised its head again and stared at Kira in mid-air as if nothing had happened.

Chapter 541 Weakness Special Effects Soldier

"As expected... these guys are weakness exploitation soldiers!!"

Kira spoke softly from mid-air.

Without a doubt, these mechanical soldiers besieging him were the Weakness Effect Soldiers created by Vaal, one of the Twelve Shields, known as the 'Judge'!

The Weakness Effect Soldier functions similarly to Marvel's Sentinels, analyzing an opponent's weaknesses and then generating abilities specifically designed to counter those weaknesses, transforming themselves into a new form. It's a very useful form of magic in combat.

In the original work, these special effects soldiers caused a lot of trouble for the mages of Fairy Tail, including the second male lead Gray and Mira, who was almost reduced to a background character. In the end, they only managed to defeat them by exchanging opponents.

Kira is currently without any allies by his side, so he definitely can't trade opponents with others, but he has a lot of magic!

"You think you can easily control me just because you've solved the gravity magic? Don't underestimate me, robot!"

With a wave of his hand, Kira unleashed another wave of overwhelming magic. This time, Kira used rock magic, and a giant stone spike rose from the ground, catching up with the Gravity Effect Soldier who was about to take off at an astonishing speed.

With a loud bang, the stone spike pierced the soldier through the wound. A few faint electric currents emanated from the wound, and after a few hissing sounds, the special effects soldier collapsed heavily with a thud!

In just a few seconds, another special effects soldier was destroyed!

Kira landed slowly, looking smugly at the dozens of special effects soldiers in front of him, his tone extremely arrogant: "Come on... I want to see if you have more special effects soldiers or I have more magic!"

Special effect soldiers are not suited for group battles. When they are created, their default combat style is to specialize in fighting one enemy at a time. So even when facing Kira, they will fight one by one.

They were also delivered one by one.